RACI WESTERN SYDNEY SECTION FIRST
EVENT FOR 2010
Sub- and
Supercritical Fluid Processing Methods for Enhanced Drug Delivery of
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Excipients
When: Tuesday
16th March 2010
Venue:
University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown Campus (Building 22,
Conference Room 5)
Programme:
6.00 Wine & Cheese
6.30 Guest Speaker: Adam Carr (University of NSW)
Both
Sub- and Supercritical fluids have the ability to be tuned to
dissolve practically any organic compound. Modern applications of these
fluids have focussed on re-engineering active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs) to improve the bioavailability of these compounds
and/or change their route or method of delivery. For example, the
patented ARISE process (developed in the labs at the University of New
South Wales, UNSW) has the ability to produce inhalable insulin
varieties. It is also possible to encapsulate an API inside a
polymeric/liposomal carrier or implant to be able to control the
release of a therapeutic compound.
The focus of the talk will be on the variety of different products and
techniques that have been developed at the UNSW Supercritical Fluids
Research laboratory. A basic presentation on the properties of sub- and
supercritical fluids will be given, followed by how these properties
have been used to produce commercially competitive pharmaceutical
products.
7.15 Questions
7.30 Close and Dinner
For additional information please contact:
Dr Gary Bowman Tel. 9857 2372
Email: gary.bowman@reckittbenckiser.com
PLEASE GET YOUR RSVPS IN FOR CATERING PURPOSES
Below is the
tentative workshop plan - most speakers are locked in but the plan
maybe subject to change
THE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL
INSTITUTE INC.
RACI NSW Branch
2010 Workshop: Communicating Chemistry in 2011 – The International Year
of Chemistry
Date:
Saturday 27 March
Time:
9am to 5pm
Venue:
Ground Floor Conference Room, Building 12, Riverside
Corporate Park, CSIRO 11 Julius Avenue North Ryde
Draft
program:
9:00
– 9:15 Registration and coffee
9:15
– 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
(Adam Cawley)
9:30
– 10:00 Vicki Gardiner – An international and
national perspective of the IYC
10:00
– 10:30 Jessie Shore – Developing and communicating a
message
10:30
– 11:00 Chris Armstrong – NSW Government links &
ScienceExposed
11:00
Morning Tea
11:30
– 12:00 Kylie Ahern – Media appeal
and NSW Science Week
12:00
– 12:30 Sally Woolett –
Communicating with RACI members
12:30
– 1:00 Julie Haeusler –
Communicating with Schools
1:00
Lunch
2:00
– 2:30 Darren Vogrig – CSIRO
Education activities (yet to be
confirmed)
2:30
– 3:00 Charles Fogliani – The ANCQ
and National Chemistry Week
3:00
– 3:30 Roundtable Session 1
3:30
– 3:45 Roundtable 1 reports
3:45
– 4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00
– 4:15 Roundtable Session 2
4:15
– 4:30 Roundtable 2 reports
4:30
Summary and closing remarks (Adam Cawley)
5:30
– 6:00 Set up for President’s
Dinner (North Ryde RSL)
6:00
– 10:00 President’s Dinner
Roundtable
Session 1
Group
1: Initiatives for RACI members
(Events, Offers, etc.)
Group
2: Activities for Schools (ANCQ, Nyholm Lectures,
Crystal Competition, Titration Competition)
Group
3: Community Engagement (Science Week, Marvellous
Molecules @ shopping centres, Press Releases, Articles)
Group
4: Industry and Government
involvement
Group
5: University Engagement
Roundtable
Session 2
Recommendations
from groups will be considered by each of the other groups to identify
synergies between ideas that could be developed further.
Participants will be able to change groups based on the reports from
session 1 in order to provide detail to these ideas. Facilitators will
need to stay with the same group for continuity.
You will note
there are two 'Roundtable' discussions. Roundtable 1 - essentially a
brainstorming session - will be facilitated by speakers for the
respective area of interest with the assistance of Branch Committee
members. Participants will be free to choose which roundtable they
join. After the presentation of ideas to the rest of the forum,
Roundtable 2 will aim to build on initial ideas using information
gained from the other groups and develop synergies with the ideas of
different groups.
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2010
NSW RACI Branch Presidents Awards Dinner
(This will follow the Workshop held on the same day)
INVITATION
The RACI NSW Branch
Members & their guests
The President of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Incorporated.
NSW Branch,
Dr Adam Cawley cordially invites you to attend the
2010 Presidents
Dinner
‘Celebrating Achievements and Excellence in Chemistry’
Presentation of the RACI FELLOWSHIPS and 50 Yr Memberships
Presentation of “PRESIDENTS AWARD”
GUEST SPEAKER Dr Thomas Barlow
Thomas Barlow is Australia’s leading
research strategist. Over many years, he has advised a range of
technology-intensive companies, as well as many of Australia’s
universities and major government research agencies. He has held
prestigious research fellowships at Oxford University in the UK and at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been the Science
Adviser to the Minister for Education, Science and Training in the
Australian Government, and has worked as a weekly columnist for the
Financial Times newspaper in London.Highly respected within the
Australian scientific community for his imagination, optimism and
vision, Dr Barlow is also widely recognised as the author of the
essential book about Australian innovation, The Australian Miracle, he
will present a talk entitled ""The Future of Chemistry in Australia".
Come and be part of our celebration of Chemistry at an exciting venue;
The Grand Pittwater Function Centre
North Ryde RSL Community Club Ltd
Cnr Magdala & Pittwater Roads
North Ryde 2112
Saturday, 27th March 2010, 6.30pm for 7.00pm start
RSVP by Friday 19th March 2010
Edwina Hine
School of Chemistry, UNSW NSW 2052
Ph. (02)9663 4960, Fax (02)9385 6141
E-mail: racinsw@chem.unsw.edu.au
Dress semi formal (Jacket and Tie)
$65 per person RACI member and their guests (includes GST)
$55 per person Retired or Student
RACI member (includes GST)
Non Member rate $80 per person (includes GST)
3 course meal wine & soft drinks
Booking Form
for the Presidents Dinner
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High- Resolution Continuum source AAS
Free lecture material available
Atomic
Absorption Spectroscopy has changed drastically in the past decade. New
technologies have allowed huge developments to overcome the previous
limitations.
MEP Instruments is proud to announce a release of lectures notes and
material on continuum source AAS to all professors, lecturers and
teachers.This will not only bring the theory of AAS up to date but will
also introduce the modern technologies to the scientists of the future.
The University Package CD covers:
• The Fundamentals of AAS inc HR-CS AAS basics
• New Applications
• Lecture Notes and Scientific publications
• contrAA Video and Pictures
The
first atomic absorption spectroscopes, designed by Bunsen and Kirchhoff
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continuum source since this was the only reliable light source
available at that time. This was undoubtedly also one of the main
reasons that optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was preferred over
atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) during the first half of the
twentieth century, a period when atomic spectroscopy was increasingly
being used for quantitative analysis. It is obviously much easier to
detect a weak emission signal in front of a dark background than a
slight reduction in emission intensity over a small spectral interval
in front of a bright background.
For
the same reason Walsh came to the conclusion in 1952 that line sources
(LS) with the sharpest possible emission lines are required for
measurements with AAS since a resolution of approximately 2 pm would be
necessary if a continuum source was to be used. This conclusion
resulted in half a century of LS AAS, with all of its advantages and
limitations. However, the idea of using continuum sources (CS) for AAS
has never completely faded away, and in 1989 Hieftje wrote ‘‘...for AAS
to remain viable in the face of strong competition from alternative
techniques will require novel instrumentation approaches.
The time has now come where the dream has become a reality as Analytik
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Abstracts for the RACI National conference 2010 soon
to close - Send them in now!
For more information and Registration: http://www.raci2010.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=65
Olle
Prize 2010 - GET YOUR NOMINATIONS IN
Ollé Prize
DUE ON FRIDAY 26th
MARCH 2010
The NSW Branch invites nominations for the Archibald D Ollé
Prize.
Archibald Ollé was very active in the chemical and scientific
life of NSW in the first 40 years of the twentieth century, and his
wife, who outlived him, left a bequest to the RACI NSW Branch to his
name with an annual prize. It is awarded to a member of the Institute
who submits the “best treatise, writing or paper” on any subject
relevant to the Institute’s interests. Examples of previous winners
include
books and book chapters on key areas of chemistry, as well as critical
scientific and technical reviews.
The NSW Branch Committee controls the Prize and has established the
following conditions:
1. Nominations are invited from candidates themselves or from persons
knowing suitable candidates and must be members of the RACI.
2. Each nominee shall submit a single scientific work published during
the period 1st January 2009 until
December 2009.
3. Nominations must set out the name, address, academic
qualifications and present position of the nominee and be signed by the
nominee and nominator.
4. Where the work involves more than one author, the nominator should
arrange for all the other authors to send an indication of the
contribution of the nominee. Though submission of multiauthored works
is not discouraged, authors should be aware that in the past the
adjudicators have found it very difficult to establish the relative
merits of single and multi-authored works in terms of making an award
to an individual.
5. Nominations should be addressed to:
The President
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inc. NSW Branch
School of Chemistry
UNSW
Sydney 2052
And must be lodged on or before Friday 26th March 2010
6. In all matters relating to this Prize, the decision of the NSW
Branch Committee shall be final, and the Committee may not make an
award if, in the opinion of the assessors, the submissions are not of a
sufficiently high standard .
The result will be communicated to all entrants and will be published
in “Chemistry in Australia”
CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING PRESENTATION : BILL HOYLE
IChemE
are supporting the speaker series for Bill Hoyle, hosted by the Risk
Engineering Society & the Chemical College of Engineers
Australia. Presentations in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth are free
for IChemE members There are half-day workshops also being
planned in all three cities plus Melbourne (fees apply).
About
the presentations:
Lessons for Australia from USA Chemical Safety Board Investigations
The USA Chemical Safety Board (CSB), investigations reveal important
lessons for a wide variety of workplaces. CSB reports and videos
demonstrate the value created by a permanent and independent
investigation agency. Bill will explore the successes and challenges
faced by the CSB during 12 years of operation. He will present case
studies that focus on combustible explosions including a tragic sugar
refinery incident that caused 14 fatalities. In addition there will be
discussion of emerging safety issues including management of
organizational change, employee fatigue prevention and new ways to
measure safety performance.
About
the speaker:
Bill Hoyle is the retired CSB Manager who directed the investigations
of more than 30 major incidents including the probe of the 2005 tragedy
at the BP Texas City Oil Refinery. He was the primary designer of
the CSB's investigation and recommendations programs as well as the
agency's understanding of safety culture and high reliability
organizations.
Details
of presentations & workshops:
Sydney workshop:Investigating Major Incidents (note registration fees
apply) Thursday 18 March Registration & light lunch from
12.30. Workshop starts 13:00, concludes 16:00 Auditorium,
Engineers Australia Sydney Division, 8 Thomas Street, Chatswood, NSW
More information: email - Nina Lenz at nlenz@engineersaustralia.org.au
Request for
proposal
Sustained
Release
Seeking proposals for technology that will provide sustained
release of active materials. More information john@anotec.com.au
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
Entries are Open
and There's Something for Everyone
Are you a scientist, school kid, journalist, science teacher, young
film maker, researcher, leader, innovator, educator, communicator,
environmentalist or photographer? Yes, then there's a Eureka Prize for
you.
http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/enter
Positions Vacant
Call for
applications: Scientific Officer, Environmental Defender's Office NSW
The Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO) is a community legal centre
specialising in public interest environmental law.
The EDO is seeking to employ an in-house Scientific Officer to join our
Sydney office. The Scientific Officer will provide objective scientific
and technical advice to the community on public interest environmental
issues and administer the EDO’s Scientific Advisory Service. The
Officer will also contribute actively to policy and community legal
education work within the EDO. The job involves facilitating and
enhancing community involvement in environmental decision making and we
are therefore seeking someone who sees value in public participation in
this process, and has an interest in EIA. The role does not involve
campaigning or lobbying.
Essential criteria
• a degree in science, natural resource management
• at least 2 years professional experience
• a demonstrated commitment to environmental protection
• a demonstrated ability to identify and analyse issues
• excellent research skills
• excellent written and oral communications skills
• the ability to work as part of a team
• an interest in a wide range of scientific and technical issues
Desirable criteria
• a higher degree in a related discipline, particularly environmental
law
• a well established network of contacts
• experience in EIA
Salary $50,000-$63,000 (plus super), depending on experience.
Applications for this position should contain a CV with a covering
letter that clearly addresses each of the selection criteria.
Applications should be submitted via email to
tanya.wansbrough@edo.org.au (with ‘Application for position of
Scientific Officer’ in the subject line).
Enquiries should be directed to Tanya Wansbrough, Scientific Director
(Phone 02 9262 6989), after Wednesday 6 January 2010.
Closing date: Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 5pm
SCIENTIFIC OFFICER: DUTY STATEMENT
The Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO) is a community legal centre
specialising in public interest environmental law. The EDO seeks to
serve the needs of the community through its various functions –
namely, legal advice and representation, scientific advice, policy and
law reform, and community legal education.
The EDO operates a Scientific Advisory Service to facilitate the
provision of scientific advice to the community, and to build the
capacity of the community to participate in environmental
decision-making. The Service comprises two in-house scientists and a
Register of experts willing to provide assistance on a pro bono or
reduced fee basis in fields beyond the expertise of the in-house
scientists. A Technical Advisory Panel, which provides strategic and
practical advice to the in-house scientists, completes the Scientific
Advisory Service.
1) Provision of advice
The Scientific Officer will work with EDO solicitors and the Scientific
Director to provide prompt and accurate scientific and legal advice to
clients and the community. This will involve:
• Providing scientific advice on proposed developments or activities
prior to a decision being made. This mainly involves advice on the
impacts of proposed developments and the adequacy of environmental
impact assessment reports and assisting clients prepare submissions to
decision-makers.
• Providing scientific advice on approved developments or actions. This
mainly involves advice on whether a development is complying with
conditions of approval and environmental legislation.
• Co-ordinating the provision of advice from members of the Expert
Register, or other experts from outside the register, including for
Court cases.
• Undertaking detailed research on various environmental issues.
• Responding to community inquiries about environmental issues.
2) Maintenance of the Expert Register
The Expert Register and Technical Advisory Panel are an integral part
of the Scientific Advisory Service. Where appropriate, the EDO refers
requests for scientific and technical assistance to members of the
Register, who provide assistance on a pro bono or reduced fee basis.
This role supports the in-house scientific expertise of the EDO.
The Scientific Officer will be responsible for:
• Maintaining and actively expanding the Register.
• Providing services to members of the Register and the panel.
3) Community Education
Community education duties include:
• Writing fact sheets on a range of scientific issues.
• Participating in conference and education work generally.
• Preparing and presenting papers and workshops.
• Writing plain English educational materials.
• Preparing articles for EDO publications.
4) Policy and Law Reform
Law reform duties include:
• Contributing to written submissions on discussion papers and Bills.
• Co-ordinating input from members of the Expert Register into policy
submissions.
• Contributing to proactive policy work.
5) International Program
International program duties include:
• Contributing to requests for assistance through the international
program.
• Contributing to scientific and technical aspects of international
work.
6) Green Office
Green office duties include:
• Responsibility for the Green Office program.
• Calculation of the office GHG footprint and purchase of carbon
offsets in accordance with the EDO Green Office policy.
• Provision of information to staff to encourage greater environmental
sustainability of
EDO’s operations.
7) Management
The Scientific Officer will be responsible for recruiting and managing
science interns.
8) Administration
Administration duties include:
• Assisting with office administration, such as library, computer and
precedent systems.
• Maintaining appropriate records.
• Word-processing of own work.
9) General
All staff have a responsibility to:
• Develop and maintain a good knowledge of the role and policies of the
EDO.
• Represent the EDO in a positive and effective manner.
• Attend, and contribute actively and constructively at, Staff and
Operations meetings.
• Seek opportunities for personal and professional development,
particularly related to the specific areas of responsibility.
• Assist in organising and supervising volunteers.
• Respond to requests by clients and fellow staff in a knowledgeable,
professional, constructive and polite manner.
• Provide accurate and timely data on activities for the information of
funding bodies including the Legal Aid Commission.
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Fresh
Science Awards 2010
About
Fresh Science
This national event brings together scientists, the media and the
public to:
§ enhance reporting of Australian science
§ highlight and encourage debate on the role of science in
Australian society
§ provide role models for the next generation of Australian
scientists.
Fresh Science 2010 will be held at Melbourne Museum from Monday 7 to
Thursday 10 June. Stories will be released to the media during the
event and in the weeks following. The Fresh Scientists need to be
available to talk to the media during this time.
Nominations are now open and close Thursday 25 March 2010. More
information and the online nomination form are at
www.freshscience.org.au
Why nominate for Fresh Science?
Fresh Science offers the potential for wide media exposure. It helps
young researchers develop expertise in presenting their ideas clearly
to a general audience and to the media.
Fresh Science also assists the media to identify and publish accurate
stories about Australian science, and demonstrates that science in
Australia is exciting, vibrant and successful. Fresh Science encourages
and provides recognition for Australia’s best young scientists and
engineers.
The selected researchers are likely to gain substantial media exposure.
In previous years our Fresh Scientists have attracted national and
international interest resulting in hundreds of media stories in
Australia and overseas.
Details of previous winners, their press releases and media coverage
can be seen at www.freshscience.org.au
What will it involve?
The Fresh Scientists will:
· participate in a
one-day media and communication training course
· have access to
experienced science communicators to advise them on talks, media
releases and interviews
· swap ideas with
other participants
· present their
research to the media and to public audiences
· take part in a
Fresh-Science-at-the-Redback event
· attend an evening
reception or dinner with representatives from business, government,
research and the media
· have the opportunity
to, and be expected to, participate in talks in their home state during
Science Week.
Travel and accommodation will be provided for participants from outside
Melbourne. Melbourne-based participants will be provided with
accommodation for the key nights of the event.
We’ve included the selection criteria below. More information
about
Fresh Science, and the online nomination form, can be found at
www.freshscience.org.au
The closing date for nominations is 5pm on Thursday 25 March 2010.
Nominations are only accepted via our online form. We recommend
you
complete the Word version of the form off-line, save it, then cut and
paste the information into the online form when ready to submit.
Feel free to call Tim Thwaites on 0422 817 372 or myself on (03) 9398
1416 if you have any questions.
Fresh Science selection
criteria
The
sixteen Fresh Scientists will be selected by the Fresh Science
selection committee, which comprises scientists, journalists and
science communicators. The committee is looking for people who can tell
an interesting story in everyday language about their significant,
peer-reviewed, scientific achievement. The selection will be made on
the basis of the nomination form
submitted. This means how your application is written will be used as a
guide to your ability to communicate in everyday English.
You must write your own entry.
You must have peer-reviewed results and you must be able to explain
what you have found, not what you are hoping to find or discover.
The committee will select the Fresh Scientists not only on quality of
their science, but also on the newsworthiness of their topics. Our
selection will also include a spread of disciplines, topics, gender and
states.
Selection criteria:
· Your research must
have been conducted in Australia or you must be an Australian scientist.
· Your research must
have reached a significant milestone and
produced peer-reviewed results. You must present evidence of peer
review.
· Your research must
be newsworthy, but it must not have had significant media coverage.
· Your research must
be current, that is, it will have been published or concluded since 1
January 2009.
· Your research must
be cleared for public and media
presentation. You may need to consult with your collaborators and
commercial partners before nominating.
· You must demonstrate
the ability to present your research to a
lay audience in a clear, interesting and informative way.
· You may represent a
research team if you have played a
substantial role in the research and so can be named as spokesperson.
If chosen, you will be the only team member invited to participate in
Fresh Science.
· You must be an
early-career scientists, for example an honours
or PhD student or a post doc. Age per se is not a criterion but
you
must have completed your PhD (if you have one) no more than five years
ago.
· You must not have an
established media profile.
We will only receive nominations online using the Fresh Science
nomination form at www.freshscience.org.au.
Fresh Science is supported by the
Federal Government’s Department of
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Museum Victoria and New
Scientist.
Western Sydney Section Honours
Student Prize - deadline March 16th 2010
Did you complete
Honours in 2009?
If
you answer ‘yes’...
Did chemistry
provide your solution?
If
you answer ‘yes’...
You
may be eligible for an RACI prize ...
... plus one
year’s RACI membership.
The
2010 Honours prize (RACI Western Sydney Section)
will be awarded
for the best Honours thesis produced in 2009 by a student who is
resident and/or has studied or undertaken research in western
Sydney
throughout the year.
Such eligible
applicants may be enrolled in ANY University, within ANY
department/school/faculty. The project must include ‘pure’ or
‘applied’ chemistry, which may be within fields such as agriculture,
horticulture, material science, nanotechnology, pharmacy, neuroscience,
medicine, biochemistry, biology, environmental analysis,
forensics, or
others.
The winner must be
willing to give an oral presentation at a meeting of
the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Western Sydney Section
during the first half of 2010 (date TBA).
The prize will be
awarded to a project that demonstrates a high level
of innovation, creativity and contribution to chemical knowledge.
Forward a copy of
your thesis plus a covering letter containing
personal details (including email address) to one of the contacts
below. Your thesis will be returned.
If more convenient,
the thesis may be spiral- or ‘perfect’-bound and
may be submitted prior to examination as the final grade is not a
determining factor.
DEADLINE: Tue March
16th 2010 Earlier submission is encouraged
Enquiries and
submission to:
Dr Deidre Tronson
(FRACI), 21 Eagle Creek Rd, Werombi, 2570.
Ph 02 4653
1430; email: dwerombi@gmail.com
** ‘Western Sydney” is defined by the following postcodes:
2076-2077; 2111-2126; 2128; 2133; 2140-2168; 2170;2171; 2173; 2174;
2176; 2177; 2190-2200; 2205-2214; 2216-2234; 2558-2560; 2563-2579;
2745; 2747-2768; 2770; 2773-2787; 2790
News
just to hand...........
THERE
IS NOW SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS PRIZE.
The
value has increased to $500 (plus one year’s RACI
membership)
So far we have very few entrants, so please remind all last year’s
Honours students and supervisors that the deadline March 16th
2010 is
looming.
Honours students only need to send me a copy of the thesis (address
above)...
....plus a letter stating that the student resides, or has done the
Hons research, in Western Sydney as defined on the accompanying flyers.
Note that their project does NOT need to be a conventional ‘chemistry’
project, as long as chemistry was used in investigation of the problem.
This is a unique Honours prize, in that is awarded across a range of
Universities, depending on individual students’ eligibility. The
number of entries last year was almost double that of the previous
year, which was then a record. The theses were of such an
extremely
high standard that all entrants received a certificate of
commendation. This indicates that the quality of Chemical
research in
Western Sydney is alive and well among these young people.
The 2009 prize (for students completing their thesis in 2008), was
awarded to Johannes van Hensbergen, UNSW, for a chemical engineering
project involving novel use of polymer catalysts.
HOWEVER, the quality was so high that we also awarded two ‘High
Commendations’:
- Althea Tsang from the University of Sydney (who has a previous
association with UTS), for a fundamental organic synthesis; and
- Sarah Randall from Macquarie University (who has a previous
association with UWS) for a project involving protein biochemistry
applied to practical medicine.
This prize is open to eligible* students who are enrolled in ANY
University, in ANY Department, School or Faculty. They do NOT
need to
be enrolled as ‘chemistry students’. Some of our previous
applicants
and winners have had projects primarily concerned with physics,
forensics, pharmacy, molecular modelling and many other ‘applied’ and
‘pure’ aspects of chemistry. For example, he 2009 prizewinner was a
chemical engineering student.
The closing date is Tuesday, March 16th, 2010, BUT EARLIER SUBMISSION
IS ENCOURAGED. The final grade or any examiner’s comments are NOT
taken into consideration. We are looking for the best thesis that
shows originality, creativity and innovative use of chemistry to solve
problems.
*Eligible students will have completed Honours in 2009, and, during
that time, they will:
(a) have had a residential address in Western Sydney areas,
OR have conducted some of the research problems. for their Honours
project in this area
AND
(b) have used chemistry to help them solve their research
The winner will undertake to give a presentation on the research to an
RACI WSS meeting at a mutually agreed date during the first half of
2010. This would be an opportunity to showcase the research within your
Department/School/Faculty, and for the winner to meet professional
chemists and other students.
Please feel free to contact me by phone or email (details above) if you
have any further queries.
Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to receiving
submissions from some of your students,
Yours sincerely,
Deidre Tronson, PhD, FRACI
RACI
National Awards
Nominations
are now being accepted for the RACI National Awards. The awards
include the following:
Applied Research Award
Biota Award for Medicinal Chemistry
Centenary of Federation Teaching Awards (Pri and Sec Ed)
Citations
Cornforth Medal
C.S. Piper Award
Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement
Distinguished Fellowship
Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
H.G Smith Memorial Award
Jim O'Donnell International Travel Awards
Leighton Memorial Medal
Masson Memorial Scholarship Prize
Organometallic Award
Rennie Memorial Medal
Pearson Education RACI Centenary of Fed. Chem. Educator of the Year
Award
Nominations and letters of recommendations for National Awards must be
submitted to the National Office no later than 5pm (AEST) on April 30th
2010.
Further information on these awards can be found at http://www.raci.org.au
Other news in Chemistry
It is not uncommon for chemistry related
issues to hit the headlines of the popular media. So how has chemistry
been reported during this week?
Thank you again to those have been forwarding interesting and relevant
stories - another mixed bag this week (thanks to all those sending
through the stories)
Thanks to Deidre Tronson who shared her excitement by sending a number
of stories
Insulators
Made Into Conductors: Polymers Coaxed to Line Up, Transformed Into
Materials That Could Dissipate Heat
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100307215542.htm
How ATP, Molecule Bearing 'the Fuel of
Life,' Is Broken Down in Cells
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100301091428.htm
By
Tracking Water Molecules, Physicists Hope to Unlock Secrets of Life
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100227215943.htm
Not-quite-nano-Analytical
Chem - from Monash, no less.
Lab on a Chip: Ordinary Cotton Thread Used to Stitch Together Low-Cost
Microfluidic Analytical Device
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100226093225.htm
Branch Secretary Joseph Bevitt highlighted the following story
Laser
Turns 50
In
1960, a physicist shined a flash bulb into a ruby crystal tube and the
first laser was born. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the history of the
laser, the intrigue surrounding its invention and why you can't pick up
the phone or get in a car without having a laser to thank.
Click the following link to listen to the story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122620050
Whilst our president elect John Zavras shared the following stories
The
little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during
Prohibition. - By Deborah Blum - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/9HOanj
Space
rock contains organic molecular feast http://bit.ly/btl6te
Branch Committee member Bob Ryan sent through a very interesting
article on Bluescope Cadets
Website
of the Week
Thanks to John Zavras who alerted, me to this gem
http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/index.html
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